Senator Raza Rabbani of the PPP told the Supreme Court on Friday that the concept of proportionate representation of political parties in the Senate did not restrict major parties from accommodating smaller parties in the elections. — AFP/File ISLAMABAD: Senator Raza Rabbani of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) told the Supreme Court on Friday that the concept of proportionate representation of political parties in the Senate did not restrict major parties from accommodating smaller parties in the elections. “The political exigencies are altogether different where a political party can go for seat adjustments with smaller parties for the Senate elections,” the senior PPP leader argued before a five-judge SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, hearing a presidential reference seeking open ballot for the Senate elections.